“I can think of few things more disastrous than starting a new correspondence with any one. Letters are a burden indeed ... they seem often the last straw that breaks the back ... you should see the piles of those that I must answer that litter and weight my writing table.” ThinkingShouldWritingI CanSeemsLastsAnswersBreakLettersWeightTablesStartingBurdenStrawsCorrespondence Book:Last letters to a friend, 1952-1958 Source: Last letters to a friend, 1952-1958
“The Christian life is a thank-you from beginning to end as we ponder what God has done. What an absurdity to think that we could ever bargain with God, as if there were anything we could put on the table. Nothing we can do would ever earn his favor. Yet all is ours for free. And the cross reveals his willingness to forgive not just once, but over and over and over again. How can we repay such extravagant, generous love? We cannot and need not, and the heart's only answer is gratitude.” IfsThinkingNeedsHeartEndsDoneChristianLife IsCan DoAnswersGratitudeCrossesTablesForgivingFavorsChristian LifeGenerousWillingnessAbsurdityBargainsPonderingExtravagantGenerous Love Author:Rebecca Pippert
“I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.” WantGivingTryingCharacterUnderstandingAnswersSecretToo MuchConnectionsTablesI Want You Author:Nicolas Cage
“There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and dissect him alive to show you the mezaraic veins... Answer me, Machinist, has Nature really arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering?” MenInspirationalFeelsMayEndsShowsFeelingsMightMotivationalSufferingAnswersAnimalAliveDogSpringTablesNervesNailsIncapableVeinsBarbarians Author:Voltaire
“Carli Fiorina thinks the answer for Social Security and Medicare is...zero-based budgeting! Christ. People of a certain age are all banging their heads on the table right now.” PeopleThinkingAgeCertainSocialChristAnswersSecurityRight NowTablesZeroSocial SecurityMedicareBangingBudgeting Author:Ted Cruz